GET(nged)

Retrieves parameter values of database objects.

📅 published 7.44.0, from nixpkgs unstable

🎀 GET(nged) 🎀

ok so this is a page from the BRL-CAD MGED Commands manual, and bestie, we are about to learn how to peek at geometry parameters. let's go 💅

✨ NAME ✨

get — grabs the parameter values off database objects. that's it, that's the whole vibe. 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

get {object_name_pattern} [param_name]

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so picture this: it's a low level command for pulling out specific parameter info from geometry objects in a database. think of it as the nosy bestie of commands — it just wants the details. 👀

it's similar to attr get, except the whole point here is geometric parameter values (vertices, for example) instead of attribute metadata. so like, the actual shape tea, not the label on it. ✨

and the plot twist? adjust is the one you call when you wanna change those values. get reads, adjust writes. main character energy from both of them honestly. 🔥

🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

Example 1. Elliptical Torus 'r' Parameter Extraction 🌸

use the get command to extract the r parameter value from an elliptical torus. iconic behavior, no cap:

mged> make eto.s eto
mged> l eto.s
eto.s:  Elliptical Torus (ETO)
      V (0, 0, 0)
      N=(0, 0, 1)
      C=(200, 0, 200) mag=282.843
      r=800
      d=100

and then, the moment we've all been waiting for:

mged> get eto.s r
800

ate. periodt. 💀✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

go read those too, iykyk 💜

👑 AUTHOR 👑

BRL-CAD Team — the legends themselves 🫶

This software is Copyright (c) 2008-2026 United States Government as represented by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory.

🙈 BUG REPORTS 🙈

Reports of bugs or problems should be submitted via electronic mail to devs@brlcad.org

bestie if something's broken, tell them, don't just suffer in silence 😭 the email is literally right there 💌

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